It is to a rare subject tackled in the cinema that Lukas Dhont invites us in Close which comes out Tuesday, November 1. After his first feature, “Girl” about a boy who identifies with a girl, he films thefusional friendship of two teenagers, undermined by the incomprehension of their comrades. With its delicate theme, its human drama with solar images that turn to rain, Close is worthy of its Cannes Grand Prix.
The infallible friendship of Léo and Rémi, 13, arouses suspicion of homosexuality from students at their college. Soon Leo wants to assert his virility by distancing himself from Rémi. An unexpected tragedy will turn the lives of their two families upside down, while Leo tries to escape his guilt towards Rémi.
Close is inhabited by a suggestive delicacy. The fusion between the two friends is expressed in games, gestures, looks… Then Leo’s distancing is never made explicit, but we guess it in his actions, following the words of the little girls towards them. Rémi’s collapse in the face of this incomprehensible rejection is all the stronger on screen, but the act he will commit will never be shown.
Lukas Dhont has the elegance of these unspoken words, which reflect Leo’s silence. In turn, he does not understand and seeks the key from his friend’s mother. By dint of being submerged in silence, his pain will dissolve in a poignant moment of truth. Beautiful by its subject, its staging and its performers – including Léa Drucker and Emilie Dequenne, Close abounds in talent and emotion.
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Gender : Drama
Director: Lukas Dhont
Actors: Eden Dabrine, Gustav De Waele, Emilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker
Country : Belgium / France / Netherlands
Duration : 1h45
Exit : November, 1st
Distributer : Diaphana Cast
Summary: Léo and Rémi, 13 years old, have always been friends. Until an unthinkable event separates them. Léo then approaches Sophie, Rémi’s mother, to try to understand…